| 单词 | welfare dependency |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswelfare dependency welfare dependency n. (usually with negative connotations) dependency on welfare benefits provided by the state, as forming part or all of a person's means of financial support. ΚΠ 1941 Star Jrnl. (Sandusky, Ohio) 13 Jan. 3/2 ‘Welfare dependency is slowing up,’ he said. ‘Nevertheless, this burden on society, indicative of a degeneration, must be attacked at its source.’ 1965 Crisis 72 625/1 High illegitimacy rates, one-parent families, welfare dependency, and everything else that is supposed to follow. 2011 Independent 10 Dec. (Mag.) 13/1 He thinks that Labour ‘killed with kindness’ in what he sees as its encouragement of welfare dependency. < as lemmas |
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